I would be simply overjoyed, just to know that the A1 would produce a better pic than the DVs like the DVX100 when transfered to film or downgraded to SD (if that's the case).

It probably would. It has 1440x1080 resolution and even if you deinterlace it by just dropping the fields it would still be 1440x540. Although the mpeg2 coding would produce some artifacts into the picture. The a1 does need more light.